A Yemeni youth activist has been tweeting his reactions to his village being struck by a U.S. drone. Amazing.
See Also: Afghan Villagers Flee Their Homes, Blame U.S. Drones
See Also: US Drones Blow Up Any Hope Of Close Ties With Yemenis
(via stfuconservatives)
Something weird has happened to The Most Trusted Name in News.
Has something weird happened? Has the race to break news scraped the bottom of the barrel yet (of course not, there’s a long way to go).
In my inconsequential opinion, CNN has been one of the newsroom to most embrace technology and social media in recent years and as a result it is also the one suffering most from the process of pulling hard fact from rumour and hearsay as the time to do this work diminishes in the newsroom.
What does Jurassic Park have to do with public lands? Quite a bit, actually…
Jurassic Park is based on paleontologist’s research analyzing fossils. Our extensive knowledge of dinosaurs wouldn’t be possible without this research, which is conducted by permitted paleontologists and their students. Many of the greatest dinosaur discoveries occur on your public lands in Alaska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Montana and New Mexico! For example, just outside Cañon City, Colorado discoveries include the first complete skeleton of Allosaurus, the three most complete Stegosaurus skeletons ever found, as well as the first known remains of dinosaurs like Camarasaurus, Ceratosaurus, and Diplodocus.
Of course, the proper preservation and protection of paleontological resources is a vital component of BLM’s Paleontology program and is the reason that the BLM and Universal Studios created these Public Service Announcements back in 1993. Students and scientists with BLM permits are making new discoveries every year, many of whom became excited about paleontology because of movies such as Jurassic Park. Join the adventure, click here to learn more about fossils on public lands!
—Kyle Sullivan, BLM Colorado
Watch the original PSAs here:
Note: license for footage used in these PSAs granted by Universal Studios in June 1993.
Oh man. Whoever is running the Bureau of Land Management Tumblr is doing it right.
Oh brudder! It worked. Congrats to team #OhBrudder aka me, @ChelseaVPeretti, @SouthCackNeez, and @thedavidcho.
— Alyssa Rosenberg on remembering Roger Ebert as a critic and a liberal. (via think-progress)
— The New York Times, “Roger Ebert, Popular Film Critic, Dies at 70’ (via inothernews)
The State of Our EnvironmentBy Jeanethe Falvey, EPA State of the Environment Project Manager
Forty years ago, EPA set out to document the state of our environment: in photographs. In a historic project known as DOCUMERICA, the country’s best photojournalists were given a doorway and ran through it: into mine shafts, living rooms and factories. Those 22,000 pictures will forever depict the state of the United States when the work of the Environmental Protection Agency was just beginning.
When DOCUMERICA closed in 1977, so did the box which contained those faces and places. They would not to be rediscovered – or revisited – until now.
Through the end of 2013, it’s your chance. What you see can be a part of this unprecedented global call for photos of our lives and environment today.
What will State of the Environment and DOCUMERICA say about our past and our current quality of life? What challenges have we overcome and what signs today point to the challenges ahead?
That’s up to you. Join the 2,800 photos and growing that have been submitted to State of the Environment on Flickr. From sea to space and our earthen travels, this project is all about your view.
Take a photo of your environment and share it for the world to see. Read the State of the Environment blog and visit the State of the Environment Flickr Group to learn more.
via USA.gov
John Lewis schooling fools on DOMA…in 1996.
Prophetic.
(via thenationmagazine)
— Facebook finally admits to tracking non-users | Firstpost (via new-aesthetic)
(via futurejournalismproject)
